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UNINA9910781366503321 |
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Autore |
Higgs Colleen <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Lava lamp poems [[electronic resource] /] / by Colleen Higgs |
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Athlone, South Africa, : Hands-On Books, c2011 |
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1-283-06346-8 |
9786613063465 |
1-920397-84-1 |
1-920397-61-2 |
1-920397-47-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (60 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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South African poetry (English) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Flying off the handle; Swingball; The other side; My grandfather and other ancestors; 1986; The comfort of parquet; Excuses; My Yeoville; From a balcony; Unfinished things - a lament; the poet and the woodcutter; Cheap thrills; Other women; Thoughts I started having about the Wimpy after I saw my ex-lover there with his long-lost-after-all-these-years American girlfriend; On wanting a washing machine; Stroke; Fish; Missing horses; When someone dies; Make her breathe keep her safe; Sleep deprivation; Marriage; Swings and roundabouts; Blaming Lulu |
She should be sleeping in her own bedAn ode to Perry; Who are you?; Wolf soup; When granny died; Everything in our house; Notes from a new country; Jeppestown, 1994; Forest Town, 2005; The Mount Nelson Hotel, 2006; Robben Island, 2006; Centurion, 2007; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Colleen Higgs launched Modjaji Books, the first publishing house for southern African women writers, in 2007. Her first collection of poetry, Halfborn Woman, was published in 2004. She lives in Cape Town with her partner and her daughter. |
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